Jointed manikin doll



A 1945? M. GELLER JOI'NTED MANNEQUIN DOLL Filed Sept. 22, 1942 INVENTOR. MAX 65445;

ATTORNEYS Pat ent ed Aug. 14, 1945 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in dolls g -and more specifically to jointed manikin dolls.

The primary object of the invention resides in a movable joint for the arms, legs, or heads of dolls which will hold together regardless of expansion and contraction of the joined parts due to to' climatic conditions such as heat, cold, and moisture.

Manikin dolls have been constructed of woodpulp, plaster, wax compositions, rubber compositions and other substances which contract and for compensating for'any contraction and expansion of the parts due to extreme changes in temperature and. moisture.

Other features of the invention are to provide a friction joint for the jointed extremity members ofdolls which permits the easy separation of the joined member for packing and shipping purposes; which enables the members to be moved to various fixed adjusted positions relative to the torso of the (1011 to effect different life-like poses; and which issimple and inexpensive of construction and manufacture,

Other novel features of the inventionwill become. apparent as the following specification is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view with par-ts broken away in section of the upper portion of a manikin doll in which the arms are connected to the torso by my improved friction joint.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail vertical transverse sectional view on the'line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the arm member removed from the torso.

Referring to the drawing by referenc characters, the numeral l designates a doll of the manikin type which includes a solid torso body ll having integral lower extremities or legs I Z -IZ, and an integral head l3. The doll body vll may be constructed of various materials such as molded wood pulp, rubber composition, plaster, or the like, and "which materials are susceptible to expansion and contraction due to heat, cold and moisture. The opposite sides of the body ll adis a bore I4 of uniform diameter.

jacent the shoulders of the doll figure are flat and vertical and opening through these fiat surfaces ends of the bore l4 provide sockets for freely receiving pins [5 which extend from the upper ends of extremity members in the form of arms 16. The pin l5 of each arm member shown in Figure l is integral with the arm and is constructed of the same material as that of the arm, such material being the same as that mentioned hereinbefore as regards to torso body ll. However, the pin l5 may be in the form of a wooden dowel, as shown in Figure 4, and which will be more fully described hereinafter. Like the body II, the pin [5 is also susceptible to expansion and contraction due to heat, cold and moisture, and should the pin be friction-ally engaged directly with the walls of the bore M to hold the arm member l6.

joined to the torso body I l, expansion of the parts is likely to cause a cracking or breaking. of the body and arm. Should the pin for instance contact relative to the walls of the bore l4, the arm [6 would become loosened vand fall from its connection with the .body II. To compensate for expansion and contraction of the parts while maintaining a tight friction fit therebetween, I provide an opening or bore I! which extends transversely through the pin [5. Threaded through the openin I! is a flexible compressible friction element l8 which is of a length greater than the length of the opening I! so that the terminal ends l9-l9 extend from opposite ends.

of the opening. The friction element I8 may be in the form of a length of felt, fabric, shoe string, or the like, and in manufacture a long length of the material may be threaded through a number of the openings in the arm member l6 and subsequently cut at the proper length to provide the terminal end portions l 9l 9 for each of the arm members. In Figure 3 of the drawing it will be noted that normally the terminal ends l9-l9 of the friction element [8 extend at right angle to the axis of the pin. l5, but as the pin I5 is inserted into the end of the bore M, the terminal ends l9l 9 will fold outwardly as shown in Figure 2 so as to tightly fit between the walls of the bore l4 and the peripheral surface of the pin I5.

The terminal ends l9l9 of the friction element l8 are resilient to compensate for expansion and contraction between the walls of the bore l4 and the pin I5 and to permit of the manual turning of the arm' l6 to impart adjustable life-like poses of the manikin doll. Also, the friction joint permits of the removal of the arm l-6 for packing and shipping purposes.

The opposed ried by and extending from said member, said pin extending into said recess free of the walls thereof, said pin having an opening extending transversely therethrough, and a flexible friction element passing -through said opening and hav ing its terminal end portions folded against opposed sides of the pin and in tight frictional contact with the side walls of said recess for turning and retachably connecting the member to said 10 body.

MAX GELLER.

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- CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,581,897. August 11+, 19L 5.

' MAX GELLER.

It is hereby certified that error appears. in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction'as follows Page 1, first column, line 6, strike out the word "to" second occurrence; and second 001- "contact" read -contract-; line 55, for "of the" read "to the--; page 2, second column, line 9, for "retachably" read --detachably-; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of December, A. D. 191

Leslie Frazer (Seal) First Assistant Commissioner of Patents 

